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relaxed skin tension lines: a standalone construct

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relaxed skintension lines1 CONSTRUCTRelaxed skin tensionBORGES · PLASTIC SURGERY

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Plastic surgery

lines on the skin that follow the furrows formed when the skin is relaxed, used to orient elective incisions for better scars.

In plastic surgery, relaxed skin tension lines refers to lines on the skin that follow the furrows formed when the skin is relaxed, used to orient elective incisions for better scars. This meaning comes from Borges (1984) in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.[1]

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References

  1. Borges, A. F. (1984). Relaxed Skin Tension Lines (RSTL) versus Other Skin Lines. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 73(1), 144-150. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006534-198401000-00036

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